LWCAD 2018 for LightWave

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LWCAD 2018 for LightWaveUpgrade from LWCAD 5 is a top set of add-on modeling plugins for LightWave 3D. Core of this package contains a complete set of standard CAD tools with the most advanced osnap engine. It equips your favorite modeling program with the countless features normally available only in expensive CAD applications.
LWCAD 2018 for LightWave contains revolutionary features such as a real-time curve booleans or real-time polygons drilling which are absolutely unique in the
industry, as well as a new set of archiviz tools which are specially designed for creating architecture. It allows users to create a complex
building in a few minutes. These new features will push you into another modeling dimension.

Clone To Line - The line clone can be initialized by clicking on the existing curve

Clone To: Source Viewport - new parameter to specify the source viewport. Simple set-up with clicking in the viewport

Features

NURBS curve 2

Latest version 2 is fully compatible with previous curve types from LWCAD 4.5 and older

Older curve types are automatically converted when object is loaded

Lines and curve segments can be joined into a single poly-curve

Closed curves are supported

Smart Mesh

Smart mesh is a unified geometry system of polygons and NURBS surfaces

The basic idea of this system, is to connect polygons and nurbs surfaces into homogeneous objects

Polygons and surfaces are connected with shared edges which are defined by curves or lines

Level of detail of these shared edges are identical for both sides of connected surfaces or polygons

Smart Selection

Smart selection system is incorporated into LWCAD since version 5.0

The purpose of this system, is to unify and simplify behavior of all LWCAD edit tools when using on smart mesh. LWCAD 2018 for LightWave uses the smart selection system in all tools listed in the Smart Edit section

It is based on selection handles which can also have adjustable parameters

Selection handles are created from geometry

Adjustable handles are created from geometry or as a combination of existing handles

Snapping

LWCAD since version 2 contains a complete snap engine which is fully integrated into all of the LWCAD tools. Snap modes are adjustable through the "Snap Panel"

Universal Coordinate System, or UCS, allows you to create a user-defined adjustable workplane

BG Layers Snap allows you to snap to geometry in background layers

Real-Time Boolean

Polygon Slice: all curve primitives also have the ability to slice polygons. Tool must be applied by clicking on a polygon and then slice mode is enabled with pol button

Curve Boolean: all curve primitive tools can use real-time curve Boolean functions. Boolean operations are calculated between objects created with tools and the rest of the scene geometry that lies on the same UCS workplane as the current tool. Boolean operations only work with LWCAD NURBS curves

NURBS Boolean: NURBS boolean is not available yet. It is planned feature for one of future releases. As a manual solution 'Add point' and 'Offset' functions can be used

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